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A new documentary produced by CNN explores how new voting laws in Florida may affect minority participation and could the tip the balance in next month's…

Judge Daniel Ottolia ruled that the California Legislature was hasty in passing the 2015 law, but he put the decision on hold for five days to give the state time to file an emergency appeal.

A ballot measure supporting a Republican-backed law that prohibits compulsory union membership and fees was overwhelmingly rejected even in the state's deep red regions.

In Michigan, if you swear in front of a woman, you can no longer be thrown in jail. It is no longer illegal to curse in front of women or children.

Former Tallahassee City Manager Rick Fernandez is being charged with violating state ethics laws. Fernandez was fired after it was revealed he accepted...

Gov. Ron DeSantis says he thinks the legislature acted within its authority when enacting the medical marijuana implementing bill.

The Justice Department has recovered more than $1 billion in fines using an anti-bribery law called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. But now business groups are calling on Congress to overhaul it and rein in prosecutors. They say the law is producing a lot of confusion and big legal bills.

Gov. Rick Scott signed 55 bills into law Wednesday, including a new law dubbed the "Right to Try Act." It will let terminally ill patients starting July...

Officials in a Cincinnati suburb have concluded that Jasen Dixon's yard display complies with local zoning laws because he removed its roof. The zombie baby is protected by the U.S. Constitution.

A controversial federal ban on a type of abortion procedure has been struck down by a federal judge in San Francisco. The "Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act," signed into law by President Bush last November, was declared to be unconstitutional and an infringement on a woman's right to choose. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Richard Gonzales.